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Clarence Brown

Born May 10, 1890
Clinton, Massachusetts
Died August 17, 1987

Clarence Brown (May 10, 1890 – August 17, 1987) was an American film director. Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Clinton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) Events 1291 - Scottish Nobles recognize the authority of Edward I of England. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 986 - A Byzantine army was destroyed in the pass of Trajan's Gate by the Bulgarians under the Comitopuli Year 1987 ( MCMLXXXVII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar) The United States of America —commonly referred to as the A film director, or filmmaker, is a person who directs the making of a Film. Born in Clinton, Massachusetts, to a cotton manufacturer, Brown moved to the South when he was eleven. Clinton is a town in Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States.

He attended the University of Tennessee, graduating at the age of 19 with two degrees in engineering. The University of Tennessee (also known as UT) sometimes called the University of Tennessee Knoxville ( UT Knoxville, or UTK) is the flagship Engineering is the Discipline and Profession of applying technical and scientific Knowledge and An early fascination in automobiles led Brown to a job with the Stevens-Duryea Company, then to his own Brown Motor Car Company in Alabama. Stevens-Duryea was an American manufacturer of Automobiles in Chicopee Falls, Massachusetts between 1901 and 1915 and from 1919 to 1927 Alabama (formally the State of Alabama;) is a State located in the southern region of the United States of America. He later abandoned the car dealership after developing an interest in motion pictures around 1913. He was hired by the Peerless Studio at Fort Lee, New Jersey, and became an assistant to the great French-born director Maurice Tourneur. Fort Lee is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, United States. Maurice Tourneur, born February 2, 1873 &ndash died August 4, 1961, was an important international Film director and Screenwriter

After serving in World War I, Brown was given his first co-directing credit (with Tourneur) for 1920s The Great Redeemer. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All Later that year, he directed a major portion of The Last of the Mohicans after Tourneur was injured in a fall.

Brown moved to Universal in 1924, and then to MGM, where he stayed until the mid-1950s. Universal Studios (sometimes called Universal Pictures or Universal City Studios) a subsidiary of NBC Universal, is a major Global American The 1950s Decade refers to the years of 1950 to 1959 inclusive At MGM he was one of the main directors of their female stars–he directed both Joan Crawford and Greta Garbo five times. Joan Crawford (born Lucille Fay LeSueur; ( March 23, 1905 - May 10, 1977) Crawford was signed to a motion picture Greta Garbo ( 18 September 1905 &ndash 15 April 1990) was a Swedish-American actress during Hollywood 's Garbo referred to Brown as her favorite director.

He not only made the difficult transition from silent cinema to sound cinema, but thrived there, proving himself to be a "actor's director": listening to his actors', respecting their instincts, and often incorporating their suggestions into scenes. In doing so, Brown created believable, under-played, naturalistic dialogue scenes stripped of melodrama, pulsing with the honest rhythms of real-life conversation. He was nominated five times (see below) for the Academy Award as a director, and once as a producer, but never received an Oscar. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. However, he did win Best Foreign Film for Anna Karenina at the 1935 Venice International Film Festival. Anna Karenina is a critically acclaimed 1935 drama film directed by Clarence Brown. Year 1935 ( MCMXXXV) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The Venice Film Festival is the oldest Film festival in the world

Brown retired a wealthy man due to his real estate investments, but refused to watch new movies, as he feared they might cause him to restart his career. In the 1970s, Brown became a much-sought guest lecturer on the film-festival circuit, thanks in part to his connection with Garbo.

The Clarence Brown Theater, on the campus of the University of Tennessee, is named in his honor. The University of Tennessee (also known as UT) sometimes called the University of Tennessee Knoxville ( UT Knoxville, or UTK) is the flagship

Filmography


NOTE: In 1929/1930, Brown received one Academy Award nomination for two films. Flesh and the Devil ( 1926) is an MGM Silent film starring Greta Garbo, John Gilbert, Lars Hanson, and The Trail of '98 is a 1928 Western film featuring Harry Carey. Anna Christie is a play in four acts by Eugene O'Neill. It tells the story of a former prostitute who falls in love but runs into difficulty in turning her Romance ( 1930) is a film which tells the story of a Bishop sharing a Cautionary tale with a young man who is going against the wishes of his Possessed is a film directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford and Clark Gable. A Free Soul ( 1931) is a Pre-Code film which tells the story of an alcoholic defense attorney who must defend his daughter's ex-boyfriend Marie Dressler starred in this Clarence Brown directed 1932 film about a mature woman who selflessly and lovingly raises a widower's children giving them constant Letty Lynton is a 1932 MGM motion picture starring Joan Crawford, Robert Montgomery and Nils Asther. Sadie McKee is a 1934 Motion picture, directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford, Gene Raymond, Franchot Chained is a 1934 Motion picture directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford, Clark Gable and Otto Anna Karenina is a critically acclaimed 1935 drama film directed by Clarence Brown. Wife vs Secretary ( 1936) is a comedy film directed by Clarence Brown and starring Clark Gable, Jean Harlow, Myrna Loy The Gorgeous Hussy is a 1936 Motion picture directed by Clarence Brown, and starring Joan Crawford and Robert Taylor. Conquest (also called Marie Walewska) is a 1937 film which tells the story of a Polish Countess who becomes the mistress Of Human Hearts is a 1938 film starring Walter Huston and James Stewart, and directed by Clarence Brown. The Rains Came is the title of novel by Louis Bromfield, published in 1937, as well as the 1939 20th Century Fox Film version The White Cliffs of Dover is a 1944 film made by Loew's and MGM. National Velvet is a 1944 film based on the novel by Enid Bagnold, first published in 1935 The Yearling is a 1946 Family film drama made by MGM. It was directed by Clarence Brown and produced by Sidney Franklin Song of Love ( 1947) is a Biopic starring Katharine Hepburn, Paul Henreid, Robert Walker, and Leo G Intruder in the Dust is a Novel by the Nobel Prize-winning American author William Faulkner. When in Rome ( 1952) is a film starring Van Johnson, Paul Douglas, and Joseph Calleia. Plymouth Adventure is a 1952 motion picture drama made by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. According to the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, "As allowed by the award rules for this year, a single nomination could honor work in one or more films. "

References

An Extraordinary Town, How one of America's smallest towns shaped the world - A Historical Marketing Book by A. J. Bastarache. Featuring a comprehensive section on Clarence Brown.

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